(Remote) Client Success Manager

Dakota Software; Ohio; Remote; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dakota Software is seeking a Client Success Manager to guide new and existing customers through SaaS implementation, ensuring adoption and measurable business value. This fully remote role requires residency in eligible states and a focus on customer retention and expansion.

You will own onboarding, collaborate with internal teams, create statements of work and project plans, monitor progress, manage risks, and maintain positive client relationships. Strong presentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Sales, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience in customer-facing roles such as customer success, account management, sales or consulting.
• Experience in SaaS customer success preferred.
• Strong time-management and prioritization to meet deadlines.
• Ability to deliver high-quality presentations.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single point of accountability for client projects and as an escalation point for internal and external resources.
• Project manage client onboarding to successful outcomes, accelerating value realization.
• Collaborate with the Business Analyst to determine solutions and project approach.
• Create Statements of Work (SOWs) and project plans with milestones and tasks.
• Monitor and facilitate completion of work requests and deployments to client sites.
• Manage and facilitate project communications to stakeholders and team members.
• Identify and manage project risks and work with clients to minimize impact.
• Maintain positive relationships with clients and measure satisfaction while educating on new features.
• Mine current relationships for up-sale possibilities, expansions and renewals.
• Keep management informed of developments in major accounts.
• Deliver high-quality presentations to clients and internal stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Sales, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

THIS POSITION IS FULLY REMOTE Applicants need to reside in one of the following states: The Client Success Manager serves as the primary contact for new and existing clients, advising and guiding them through implementation of the software, ensuring they adopt it widely and ultimately recognize business value of the solution in order to retain them as long-term customers.

• Act as the single point of accountability for all aspects of client projects, and as an escalation point for internal and external resources
• Project manage client onboarding to successful outcomes, accelerating the time they begin finding value
• Collaborate with the Business Analyst to determine a solution to client request and project approach
• Create Statements of Work (SOWs) and project plans with project tasks/activities organized against project milestones
• Monitor and facilitate the completion of work requests, and schedule deployments of work to client sites
• Manage and facilitate project communications to stakeholders and project team members
• Identify and manage project risks, and work with clients to avoid or minimize impact
• Maintain positive relationships with clients and manage client success, including measuring satisfaction and educating on new features
• Mine current customer relationships for up-sale possibilities, expansions and renewals
• Keep management abreast of developments in major accounts
• Bachelor's degree in Sales, Business Administration, or related field; Experience in a customer facing role, such as customer success, account management, sales or consulting
• Experience in Customer Success in a SaaS business preferred
• SaaS software sales experience preferred
• Skilled in time-management and prioritization to meet close deadlines
• Ability to deliver high-quality presentations